In season 1 of Game of Thrones, master swordsman Syrio Forel said as he trained Arya Stark, “There is only one god, and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today.’” When it comes to this television series, such pleas, while heartfelt, can simply be in vain. […]

Winter is here and so is the frenzied interest in Game of Thrones. From the first season, it’s seemed that anyone might die in the show. As an episode’s opening credits move into the foreboding black screen, suspense fills the air. It’s the tension of uncertainty. Is death that unpredictable? Or, are there some rules […]